Herb

Agar weed (Shi hua cai)

石花菜shi hua cai
1 sourceGelidium amansii J.V.Lamour.

Recorded for dispersing upper-burner floating heat and venting lower-body vacuity-cold, clearing heat, transforming phlegm and moistening the intestines.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十八·水菜·石花菜·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：去上焦浮热，发下部虚寒；清热化痰、润肠。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘、咸，大寒，滑，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·水菜·石花菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·水菜·石花菜·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十八·水菜·石花菜·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.